China goods in Hungary: over-represented
Goods made in China are 34% of the consumer product recalls Hungary publishes and 1.6% of its consumer-goods imports by value in 2023, which makes them over-represented. Recall counts and trade values are collected by different institutions for different purposes; the comparison is a ratio test, not a rate.
It separates “this origin gets pulled a lot” from “this origin ships a lot”, which is the difference between a risk and a headline.
80 of a possible 90Tier B, systematic first-party observation. Nothing at this tier is allowed past 90, however good it looks.
Verified September 9, 2026Rechecked every 365 days, next by September 9, 2027.
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Recomputing both shares — recalls from the OECD portal, imports from UN Comtrade over the same HS basket — moves the ratio across 1.5, changing the verdict.
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Evidence
- Tier Bregulationn = 941
941 alerts naming this country of manufacture, counted in the register on 2026-09-09.
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- Tier Bofficial-statistic
Consumer-goods imports, 2023, HS chapters claimed by Orbt consumer industries.
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History
- v1created
Derived from the corridor-controlled family on 2026-08-10.
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Cite this entry
“China goods in Hungary: over-represented”, The Orbt Market Index 0.1.0, entry omr:hu:from-cn:corridor-controlled, retrieved September 9, 2026, https://tryorbt.com/markets/entry/hu--from-cn--corridor-controlled. Dataset: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22679129
Orbt, "China goods in Hungary: over-represented," Orbt Market Index, entry omr:hu:from-cn:corridor-controlled, verified September 9, 2026, https://tryorbt.com/markets/entry/hu--from-cn--corridor-controlled.
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What else we hold on this market, heaviest first.